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1 Welcome to the Kiowa County Fair & Rodeo

2 Peo ple & Places WEATHER WEATHER Up com ing Events Do ris Forsyth has a Brandon Consolidated School An nual for , called the Blue and White, and con di tion is like new first per son can have it for the price of post age. My phone num ber is (360) Bar be cue will be de liv - ered to the Eads Se nior Cit i - zens Cen ter Fri day and Sat ur day of the Fair. All Se - nior Cit i zens are wel come to come and enjoy. Eads Driver s Li cense Sched ule - SEPTEMBER - An ni ver sa ries Sep tem ber 11 Mr. and Mrs. Terry Laird. Sep tem ber 15 Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Gould. Sep tem ber 16 Mr. and Mrs. Jim Offill, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Lening. Sep tem ber 17 Mr. and Mrs. Mike Mor row. Mr. and Mrs. D.J. Weber. Aug Sept. 6 Date High Low Precip Last year High/Low:...97/46 Aug. Precip. ( 10/ 11): 0.65/2.96 Year to Date Precip As recorded in Eads by USDA. Friday Saturday Sunday Press Kiowa County P.O. Box Maine Street, Eads, CO press@kiowacountypress.com Connie McPherson, Editor Chris Sorensen, Publisher Betsy Barnett, School Sports Rodney Johnson, USDA/Ag News Volunteer Contributors: Melissa Peterson, Doris Lessenden, Curtis Schrimp, Sharon Scott, Michelle Wyckoff, Sue Fox, Rhonda Uhland All Rights Reserved. (USPS ) Legal newspaper of Kiowa County Periodical Postage paid at Eads, Colorado Published Friday of each week. POSTMASTER: Send change of address to: P.O. Box 248, Eads, CO % 78/50 September 7th; September 20 & 21st; and Sep tem ber 28th. Sat ur day of the Fair, be gin ning at 4:00 p.m. CLCEC will be serv ing on Maine Street by the Beer Gar den. Avail able will be hamburgers, bratwursts, sloppy Joes, chili, burritos, and more. En joy lit tle wait time, entertainment, and great out door atmosphere. Ki owa County His toric Preservation Commission will meet on Mon day, Sep - tem ber 12, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. at the NPS Of fice at 910 Wansted in Eads, CO. Anyone interested is wel - come to attend. The Hos pi tal Aux il iary will meet on Tues day, Sep - tem ber 13th at noon at the K & M Ranch House. Mem bers and new mem bers are most welcome. 76/50 85/54 Weekend Forecast 10% chance of showers, mostly sunny, calm becoming N NE Partly cloudy evening, E NE wind around 5 mph. Mostly sunny, E NE wind between 5-10 mph. Mostly clear evening with a SE wind between 5-10 mph. Sunny, with a S wind around 5 mph. Mostly clear evening with S SE wind 5-10 mph becoming W NW. Office Hours: 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Mon. - Thurs. 9 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Friday Deadline: 4:00 p.m. Tues. NO EXCEPTIONS Rates: In Kiowa County $22; all other $ subscription (PDF Format) $18 world-wide Subscriptions are non-refundable. To ensure uninterrupted service, renew your subscription before the expiration date shown on your mailing label. KiowaCountyPress.com 2 KiowaCountyPress.com September 9, 2011 The Ki owa County Com mis sion ers will meet in regular session on Tuesday, Sep tem ber 13 and Tues day, Sep tem ber 27, Meet - ings are held at the Com mis - sioner s Of fice at the court house (1305 Goff Street) start ing at 9:00 a.m. Birth days Sep tem ber 11 Jayme Berggren, Zelpha Deines, Kimberly Stokes, Abenie Adams, James Engelhardt, Caden Parker. Sep tem ber 12 Su zette Koch, Jill Stinson, Leisha Peck, Nicolle Lenox, Whit ney Reeder, Rich ard Zabriskie. Sep tem ber 13 Glo ria Weber, Aus tin Scott, Aleksandr Barnes, Andrea Voss, Tina Fos ter, Sydnee Howland, Tom Halde. Sep tem ber 14 Ashtyn But ler, Carol Stoker, Will Elam, Kawika Douglas The Eads Town Board of Trust ees will meet in reg u - lar ses sion on Sep tem ber 13; Oc to ber 11; No vem ber 8; and De cem ber 13, Meet ings are held at City Hall (110 W 13th Street) at 7:00 p.m. Kelley Clarke, Mi chael Peil, Avery Weisdorfer. Sep tem ber 15 Robi Ehrlick, Denis eber, Lisa Rehfeld, Linda Frazee, Dustin Owen, Ju nior McDowell, Case Nel son, Ella Young, Brad Hager. Sep tem ber 16 Mi - chael Arns, Tom Scott, Mike Hernandez, Jimmy Brown, Brad Howe, Kenan Gooden, Mia Michelle Crow, Reid Jack - son Kliesen. Sep tem ber 17 Terry Har ris, Nich o las Crum, DeeAnne Kahler, Chris to - pher Owens. ESTATE SALE (the old Kelly Hardware bldg. Eads CO) For George Leslie King, Jr. Come Find Your Treasures! Sept Thurs-Fri 6 a.m. to?? Saturday 8 a.m. to?? (that s right during the FAIR 1213 Maine Street, Eads Computer Sales & Service Computer Repair Personal Shopping Services Office Supply Retailer Stop in and See what we can do for you! Jeanne Sorensen Eads Golf Club 2011 Tournament Schedule - Sat - ur day, Sep tem ber 17-2 Man Scram ble, $60/team, 10:00 a.m. shot gun, lunch in - cluded. Sunday, Sep tem ber 18, Mens Club Tour na ment, $25/per son, 10:00 a.m. shot gun. Reg is tra tion for all tour neys closes 30 min utes prior to shot gun start. For more info call Frank Miller (719) or (719) or Justin McLoud (719) or Brian Bohlander (719) The Amer i can Le gion Hall can be rented for events, reunions, family functions and etc. Call Roland (719) or Dan Rich ards (719) The South east Col o - rado Ru ral Phi lan thropy Days Lead er ship Team is plan ning an Oc to ber 19 work shop at Otero Ju nior Col lege in La Junta. Beginning Budgeting will be of fered from 9 a.m. to noon with Fund rais ing Fun - da men tals from 1-4 p.m. Lunch will be served in-be - tween ses sions for those at - tend ing the en tire day of work shops. All ses sions will be held in the Hu man i ties Cen ter The ater on the OJC cam pus. Both work shops are be ing geared to ward be gin - ners or in di vid u als in need of a re fresher or new ideas for the management and sustainability of their or ga ni - za tions. To reg is ter or for info on costs, please call Teri Erickson, SERPD Re gional Man ager, at (719) or teri.erickson@ojc.edu. List ings in Up com ing Events are free to non-profit groups or or ga ni za tions, or for gen eral, non-busi ness community announcements. List ing in for ma tion must be sub mit ted by 4:00 p.m. each Tuesday for publication in the next Fri day edi tion. Avail able space may be lim ited. Call (719) , or visit m, for more in for ma tion or to place your listing.

3 Top News Eads Ea gles Beat Ed i son in First Home Game By Rhonda Uhland If any one was n t at the ball field in Eads on Fri - day night I m sure that if they were lis ten ing close enough you could hear the sounds of the tack les as Eads lit up the Ed i son Ea gles and ran away with the game, The Boys are Back in Town! Once again the Ea gles are shar ing the field with the Wild cats from Kit Car - son and com bined they should be a team that will give op po nents ev ery - thing they can han dle. Fin ish ing in the Top 4 last year los ing to Flem ing and only los ing one se nior to grad u a tion, the Ea gles should once again be ranked among the best in their class. Fri day night ac tion was the first of good things to come. Cap tains for the game, Blaine Winder and Troy Miller, won the flip but elected to kick the ball off to start the game. Ed i son came out strong and on the first drive down the field man aged to push in a 2-yard touch down run by Binkley-Jones. Justin Lenox was able to block the PAT (Points af ter touch down) kick. Eads an swered back driv ing down the field and scor ing on a 10-yard pass from Lenox to Lo gan Crawford and Crawford booted it through the up - rights for the ex tra 2 and Eads led, 8-6. Start ing off on the Ed i - son 15 yard line, Blaine Winder tack led in the back field for a 10 yard loss and Crawford added his own tackle for -5 and Eads was scor ing again with a safety. Ed i son s free kick from the 15-yard line put Eads in pretty good po si - tion for their next se ries start ing out on the Ed i son 36. Winder got the handoff and ran all 36 yards for his first TD of the sea son and the ex tra point was scored when Troy Miller found big John Mitchek in the endzone thus ex tend - ing the score, Eads - 17, Edison - 6. In short or der, Ed i son was hand ing off to Will Hill top and he rushed 59 yards to score and Justin Law son was kick ing through the goal posts get ting Ed i son back into the game. Driv ing down the field to the 1 yard line, Lenox handed off to Troy Miller for a 1-yard TD run but Eads was un able to put up the ex tra points. Ed i son was not giv ing up eas ily and on the kick off re turn Gary Garnhart rushed for a 74-yard TD and Law son added an other 2 with the PAT. This ended the 1st quar ter; Eads -23, Ed i son 22, but Ed i son had scored their last points of the night. Eads pounded on the visiting Eagles at this point and with ev ery pos - ses sion came away with a touch down. Alberto Gutierrez scored first with a 51-yard TD and Crawford came away with the PAT. Lo gan Crawford in ter cepted a pass on the Ed i son 15-yard line and ran it in for his TD but Jose Ramos was un able to kick through the up - rights on the PAT. Gutierrez scored his 2nd TD of the night on a 31-yard scam per down the field and Ramos at - tempt at the ex tra 2 was no good. Gutierrez was again given the ball for a 30-yard touch down run and this time Ramos put it through the goal posts. Go ing in at half-time the score read: Eads -51, Edison 22. Eads re ceived the kick - off to start the 2nd half and 1st play out was Gutierrez to the end zone from 39-yards out. Ramos PAT was good. Ed i son s next pos ses - sion, Jose Ramos in - ter cepted the ball on the Ed i son 37 and ran it back to the 10-yard line. Eads was pushed back 5-yards on a pen alty and Lenox went to Ramos in the air for a 15-yard TD pass and Ramos put the ic ing on his touch down kick ing in the 2 extra. Go ing loss of downs Ed i - son was forced to punt and first play out Tay lor Weirich was rush ing for his 39-yard touch down. Ramos again put the PAT through. Nicolle Lenox Photo Ed i son s next drive re - sulted in a fum ble, re cov - ered by Weirich, which led to a 15-yard TD run by Chris Rigsby. The PAT was un suc cess ful. Ed i son did get an other shot at the ball but was forced to punt and Eads let the clock run out win - ning their first game of the sea son, Eads will have a busy week with the Ki owa County Fair ac tiv i ties and ac tion against Deer Trail start ing at the high school with Ju nior High Girls in the gym at 4:00 p.m., Ju - nior High Boy s on the field at 4:00 p.m., High School Girls Vol ley ball start ing at 5:30 and the High School Boy s fol low - ing at 7:30 p.m. Fair Bash 5K Run/Walk and Dance in Eads on Sat ur day By Betsy Barnett The Ki owa County Fair Board and Crow-Lu ther Cul tural Events Cen ter will be host ing a 5K fun run/walk at the Jack son s Pond Wild life area in Eads, Col o rado on Sat ur - day morn ing, Sep tem ber 10th in con junc tion with the Ki owa County Fair & Ro deo. Come out and have some fun or get into the com pe ti tion of this morn ing event that will get fair-goers warmed up for a big day at the Fair. Sign up be gins at 7:00 a.m. at the old barn lo - cated just west of the Prai rie Pines As sisted Living facility on the south side of Eads. The 5K course will move around Jack son s Pond and through an ar ray of wild life ar eas. The race starts at 8:00 a.m. and all participants will receive a race tee shirt as part of their en try fee of $20. Come on out and help us pro mote healthy liv ing in this fam ily-fun event! Fair Dance The Ki owa County Fair Dance will be held down on Maine Street in Eads, Col o rado Sep tem ber 10th in front of the Horse shoe Park. The gates will open at 5:00 p.m.and there is a $5.00 cover charge for any one older than 12 years of age; un der 12 is free. There will be a Food Gar den manned by the Crow-Lu ther Cul tural Events Cen ter where you can pur chase an ar ray of barbeque-style food and drinks. The beer gar den opens at 6:00 p.m. and the Horse shoe Tour na ment in the park will also start at 6:00 p.m. En ter tain - ment in cludes lo cal per - form ers In stant Re al ity at 6:00 p.m. and Cory Crow at 6:15 p.m. The dance will be gin at 7:00 p.m. with Kit Car - son s own Ro deo Road Ap ples on stage. This band is a lively coun try group who has a lot of fun with their fans. The mu sic and beer gar den will be going until midnight. The Ki owa County Fair Board and Crow-Lu ther Cul tural Events Cen ter are very happy to bring this event to the Ki owa County Fair & Ro deo! September 9, 2011 KiowaCountyPress.com 3

4 Agriculture & Outdoor Life USDA Up date By Eads USDA Ser vice Cen ter, Of fice Clo sure The FSA em ploy ees will be at tend ing an ALL em - ployee meet ing on Tues day, Sep tem ber 13th. The Ser - vice Cen ter will be open, how ever there will no em - ploy ees avail able at FSA. Please plan your busi ness accordingly. September Interest Rates In ter est rates for the month of Sep tem ber for CCC are the fol low ing % for crop year com - mod ity loans; 1.875% for FSFL 7 year loans; 2.500% for FSFL 10 year loans; 2.875% for FSFL 12 year loans. Signup 41 Con tracts Approved Thanks to all the pro duc - ers who co op er ated timely with NRCS and FSA, Ki owa County made the Sep tem - ber 2nd dead line for all signup 41 plans and CRP con tracts ap proval. A re - minder for pro duc ers that need to be es tab lish ing a cover crop for CRP, we ad - vise you to work closely with NRCS on all prac tices that need be com pleted. Cost shares are avail able for establishing a cover crop and seed ing the grass. How ever, you need to com - mu ni cate with NRCS on prac tices that are done to en sure the prac tice will be el i gi ble for the cost share. 4 KiowaCountyPress.com September 9, 2011 Livestock Forage Pro gram & El i gi bil ity The dead line for 2011 LFP is Jan u ary 31, If you are a live stock pro ducer in Ki owa County and have not ap plied for 2011 LFP, please con tact the of fice to re view your op tions. Live - stock pro duc ers that have al ready ap plied, De cem ber 1, 2011, is the dead line for pur chas ing 2012 NAP pol - icy for na tive grass. The County Com mit tee has ap - Part ner ships Help Farm ers and the En vi ron ment By Tom Vilsack Ag ri cul ture Sec re tary Amer ica s farm ers are among our na tion s first and fin est con ser va tion - ists. And at USDA, we sup port their work to pro - tect nat u ral land scapes by im prov ing wa ter and air qual ity, and pre serv - ing wildlife habitat, forests and soil. This work is also helps drive eco nomic growth and cre ates jobs par tic - ularly in rural communi - ties. Farm ers tak ing steps to help the en vi ron ment can im prove their bot tom line. And main tain ing the health of Amer i can land - scapes sup ports an out - WELCOME to the Kiowa County Fair & Rodeo! We know you ll have a Rip-Roaring Good Time. door rec re ation in dus try worth $730 bil lion to our nation s economy each year and sup ports mil - lions of jobs. Rec re ational activities on the USDA-man aged na tional for ests and grass lands alone con trib ute $14.5 bil - lion annually to the U.S. economy. That is why Pres i dent Barack Obama launched the Amer ica s Great Out - doors ini tia tive to help re-con nect Amer i cans with the out doors, drive job cre ation, and form lo - cal part ner ships to en - sure the long-term health of our nat u ral resources. And this week, as part of that ef fort, USDA took im - por tant steps to work with land own ers, farm ers and ranch ers to pro vide as sis - proved sev eral pro duc ers for eq ui ta ble re lief for 2011 so that those pro duc ers could ben e fit from the Live stock For age Pro gram. If con di - tions for 2012 are much the same as they have been for 2011 and Ki owa County again be comes el i gi ble for LFP, the Com mit tee has stated that ap proval for eq - ui ta ble re lief for the same pro duc ers will not be granted. Be re minded, if you were ap proved for eq ui - tance for their ef forts to con serve these lands. In Florida s Everglades, we are part ner ing with farm ers to per ma nently pro tect al most 24,000 acres of ag ri cul tural lands that play a crit i cal role in that unique eco - sys tem. Thanks to our in - vest ment, we ll see sig nif - i cant wet land res to ra tion and pro vide im por tant hab i tat for many rare animals, birds and plants. Some stud ies show that com pre hen sive ef forts to re store this na tional trea - sure in clud ing part ner - ships like these could be worth al most $1 bil lion to the econ omy each year through im proved wa ter qual ity, in creased real es - tate val ues, and rec re - ation like fishing and HOW TO SUBSCRIBE Subscriptions are CASH-IN-ADVANCE basis In Kiowa County 1 year = $22.00 Mail checks to Sub 1 year = $18.00 Out of Kiowa County 1 year = $26.00 Kiowa County Press PO Box 248 Eads, CO All renewals must be in paid before Tuesdays at 4 p.m. to receive a newspaper that week! We DO NOT accept credit cards. CHECK YOUR ADDRESS LABEL FOR YOUR EXPIRATION DATE! This will be your only notice as to when your newspaper needs to be renewed. press@kiowacountypress.com Kiowa County Press Paper Expiring? Check your Address Label (719) ta ble re lief, this ap plies only to LFP el i gi bil ity. If there is a grass loss for NAP pur poses for 2011, only pro duc ers that pur chased a 2011 NAP pol icy be fore De cem - ber 1, 2010 will be el i gi ble for that ben e fit. There have been re ports the drought conditions will persist. Don t let the De cem ber 1 dead line get by you with out get ting your NAP pol icy pur - chased. hunting. And across the coun try, in the moun tain west, USDA has part nered with ranch ers to better pro tect the hab i tat of a rare bird, the sage grouse. We ve found that what is good for ranch ing is good for sage-grouse. In this col lab o ra tion, ranch ers are help ing pre serve wa - ter qual ity and bird hab i - tat and UDSA is pro vid - ing them with sup port and cer tainty for their busi ness operations. This week, we re pro vid - ing ad di tional re sources to ranch ers in Wy o ming home to about half of all sage-grouse to pro tect hab i tat for this spe cies while im prov ing air and wa ter qual ity for res i - dents of the state. As USDA moves for - ward, we want to con tinue to build part ner ships with land own ers and find lo cal solutions to environmen - tal challenges. Our na tion s work ing lands pro vide us with abun dant food, fi ber and fuel. They are an es sen - tial piece of vi brant and di verse ru ral econ o mies. And con serv ing farms, ranches, and for ests through part ner ships and in cen tives will mean a stron ger econ omy and a health ier en vi ron ment for the next generation.

5 School & Youth LCC to Cel e brate Na tional Health IT Week HEALTH IT OPEN HOUSE SCHED ULED FOR SEP TEM BER By Anne-Ma rie Crampton To mark the im por tant role health in for ma tion tech nol ogy plays in im - prov ing healthcare de liv - ery in Amer ica, Lamar Community College and others across Colorado and the U.S. have joined to gether to cel e brate Na - tional Health In for ma tion Tech nol ogy (NHIT) Week, Sep tem ber 12 16, With the NHIT Week theme One Voice, One Vi - sion: Trans form ing Health and Care, the LCC Health In for ma tion Tech - nol ogy pro gram will host an Open House on Sep - tem ber from 2 to 4 pm, be gin ning in the Betz Tech nol ogy Cen ter Atrium. Health IT staff and cur rent stu dents will be avail able to show case this im por tant pro gram. Community members, healthcare pro fes sion als and pro spec tive and current students are encouraged to visit. Health in for ma tion technology improves the qual ity of healthcare de - liv ery, in creases pa tient safety, de creases med i cal er rors, and strength ens in ter ac tion be tween pa - tients and healthcare providers. Lamar Community College s Health In for ma tion Technology program uses the same cur ric u lum adopted na tion wide. The pro gram is de signed to ed u cate all health care pro fes sion als, as well as job seek ers, on the fed er - ally-mandated digitizing of all health care re cords by It is the step ping stone to be com ing na tion - ally cer ti fied, which al - lows grad u ates to work any where in the United States. Health IT is among the fast est growing careers in our country. With new fall courses be gin ning on Oc to ber 6th, there is still time for pro - FFA Chap ter Re ceives 3-Star Rat ing By Alicia James Reporter The Na tional FFA Or ga - ni za tion re cently se - lected, form a pool of more than 650 can di dates na tion wide, the Eads FFA Chap ter, as a 3-star win - ner in the Na tional FFA Chap ter Award pro gram. The chap ter mem bers have been in vited to at - tend the 84th Na tional FFA Con ven tion in In di a - nap o lis, IN Oc to ber 19-22, 2011, where they will be recognized for this honor. The award pro gram is spon sored by John Deere as a spe cial pro ject of the Na tional FFA Foun da - tion. The Na tional FFA Chap ter Award pro gram rec og nizes FFA chap ters for de vel op ing and con - duct ing a de tailed Pro - gram of Activities (POA). Each ac tiv ity pro vides op - por tu ni ties for mem bers to ex cel in one of three ar - eas: stu dent, chap ter, or community development. Ev ery year, chap ters are rec og nized as hav ing earned a one, two or three-star rat ing on their ap pli ca tion. The tree-star rat ing in the high est level of accomplishment a chapter may achieve. The Na tional FFA Or ga - ni za tion, for merly known as the Fu ture Farm ers of Amer ica, is a na tional youth or ga ni za tion of 523,309 stu dent mem bers all pre par ing for lead er - ship and ca reers in the sci ence, busi ness, and spec tive stu dents to ap ply for ad mis sion and reg is - ter for classes. Spring classes start on Jan u ary 6, Fi nan cial aid and at trac tive Health IT schol ar ships are avail - able to those who qualify. Our par tic i pa tion in Na tional Health IT Week high lights Lamar Com - munity College s commitment to teach ing a cer tif i - cate pro gram that af fords stu dents the po ten tial to find mean ing ful work at a good sal ary. And as sist ing with place ment af ter grad u a tion makes this train ing a win-win op por - tu nity, said Ken neth Maestas, LCC Health IT di rec tor. By work ing to - gether we can en hance our healthcare sys tem and boost the pres ent econ omy as Health IT job op por tu ni ties con tinue to grow. This na tion wide Health In for ma tion Tech - nol ogy pro gram is a sig - nif i cant por tion of the tech nol ogy of ag ri cul ture as part of 7,487 lo cal FFA chap ters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the Vir - gin Is lands. The Na tional FFA Or ga ni za tion changed to its pres ent name in 1988, in rec og ni - tion of the growth and di - ver sity of ag ri cul ture and ag ri cul ture ed u ca tion. The FFA mis sion is to make a pos i tive dif fer - ence in the lives of stu - dents by de vel op ing their po ten tial for pre mier lead er ship, per sonal growth and ca reer suc - cess through ag ri cul ture ed u ca tion. Visit for more information and follow us on Facebook, and Twitter and FFA Nation. Amer i can Re cov ery and Re in vest ment Act en - acted by Con gress in 2009, funded through the Office of the National Coordinator. For ad di tional in for ma - tion about Na tional Health IT Week, visit Pro - spec tive stu dents and cur rent health care pro - fes sion als may also con - tact Ken neth Maestas at Eads School Cal en dar Mon day, Sep tem ber 12th - 4:00 p.m. HS JV FB at Hi Plains vs. Idalia lv 2:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. FFA Meet ing. Tues day, Sep tem ber 13th - 9:00 a.m. Golf at Hollydot lv at 5:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m. MS VB at CW lv at 1:45 p.m. 5:00 p.m. HS VB at CW. Wednes day, Sep tem - ber 14th - 3:00 p.m. Fort Hayes Rep. in Room 103. Sat ur day, Sep tem ber 17th - 11:00 a.m. MS FB at Vona (fb lv 9:00 a.m.). 1:30 p.m. HS FB at Vona. 3:30 p.m. MS VB at Hi Plains (vb lv 12:00). 5:30 p.m. HS VB at Hi Plains. kenneth.maestas@lamarcc.ed u or Joyce Sur prise at joyce.surprise@lamarcc.edu. Eads School Lunch Menu Mon day, Sep tem ber 12 Break fast: pan cakes, sau sage link, ap ple juice, milk, fruit. Lunch: ham and beans, corn bread, cole slaw, mixed fruit, salad bar, milk. Tues day, Sep tem ber 13 Break fast: cin na mon rolls, yo gurt, or ange juice, milk, fruit. Lunch: bar be cue ribs, corn, straw ber ries, har vest bread, salad bar, milk. Wednes day, Sep tem - ber 14 Break fast: hash browns, egg patty, grape juice, milk, fruit. Lunch: chicken sand wich, let - tuce, to mato, pick les, peas and car rots, jello cup, salad bar, milk. Thurs day, Sep tem ber 15 Break fast: Eng lish muf fin (ham, cheese), ap - ple juice, milk. fruit. Lunch: pizza day, gar den salad w/ranch, cin na mon applesauce, salad bar, milk. (719) (719) WE CAN HELP YOU OBTAIN MEDICAL EQUIPMENT! We Provide: Home Makers - Home Health Aides Skilled Nursing Service Physical Therapy HEALTH CARE WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH September 9, 2011 KiowaCountyPress.com 5 A Division of Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital

6 About Town By Do ris Lesenden and Me lissa Pe ter son I drove out to the Fair Grounds to watch the Ro - deo Roy alty Court try-outs Sunday eve ning where peo - ple were ob serv ing the rid - ing and judg ing. The new roy alty Court will for 2012 will be Jeni Weber, the Queen and Lauren Brown, the Ju nior Prin cess. We do thank Darci (Weeks) John - son for shar ing her ex per tise and leadership in organizing the Royalty Selection tryouts for sev eral years. Queen Alicia James col ors this year were pur ple and pink. On Sat ur day, Sep tem - ber 10th she is ask ing peo - ple to join her and her Roy - alty Court, Morgyn John son and Brook lyn Jones, to wear pink for Na tional Breast Can cer Aware ness Day. The Ki owa County Roy alty Court and their fam i lies will be host ing a Queen s Court Lun cheon af ter the Pa rade Saturday for visiting royalty and past Ki owa County Queens. A num ber of FFA (Fu ture Farm ers of Amer ica) Alumni at tended the meet ing last week. This group sup ports the Eads FFA chap ter. Ad vi - sor Lance Jagers said that of the 60 high school stu - dents, there are 51 FFA COURTHOUSE HOURS The Kiowa County Courthouse will no longer observe Winter/Summer hours. Our office hours will be from 8:00 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. all year long. Courthouse offices will closed between 12 noon and 1:00 p.m. each day. 6 KiowaCountyPress.com September 9, 2011 Com mu nity Life mem bers. These Alumni mem bers earn and do nate money for schol ar ships and fund some ed u ca tional travel ex pe ri ences. Pres i - dent Taya Jagers said that the chap ter is re ally ap pre - cia tive of peo ple who have do nated money such as Bill and Linda Tropser did who gave a very gen er ous do na - tion last spring to the fund. We ex pect to see an other large crowd of foot ball and vol ley ball fans out for the games Fri day, Sep tem ber 9th dur ing the county fair. The weather last Fri day was gloriously pleasant when the Ea gle team swept Ed i - son Ea gles 81 to 22 points. Principal Betsy Barnett called the play by play ac - tion af ter cheer leader, Nicole Smith, played the Na tional An them on her flute. There are five Kit Car - son stu dents and one stu - dent from Plainview who are play ing with the Eads foot ball team. The Vol ley - ball teams have had two away matches and will play also on the 9th here in Eads. The Mid dle School football and volleyball matches be gin at 4:00 p.m., fol lowed by the High School Vol ley ball at 5:30 p.m. and then the Foot ball game verses Deertrail at 7:30 p.m. The ten Eads Cheer lead - ers looked and sounded great as they led cheers and chants con stantly. They are quite spec tac u lar in cheer - ing abil i ties. The fans have no ticed spirit im proved with many new ideas be ing pro - moted by the New Booster Club that was formed last spring. There are new hel - met de cals, new shoe laces for the Vol ley ball Teams, and other neat ideas for the golf ers and fans. Pres i dent Nicole (Nikki) Lenox is good to keep the mem bers in - formed of hap pen ings and needs via . The Eads se nior cit i zens had their monthly sup per and card games last Thurs - day eve ning. This week end se niors who don t want to brave the crowds at the Fair grounds can eat their barbeque in the Cen ter on Fri day and Sat ur day where Di rec tor Sharon Frazee will have the doors open. The Se niors will be sell ing their draw ing tick ets for the Quilt fundraiser at the break fasts and at the fair grounds. The draw ing will be on Sat ur day af ter noon and an nounced at the ro deo. Folk who may be read ing the Ki owa Count Press on Thurs day may still have time to at tend the Live stock Show man ship con test and the Small An i mal Show. Af - ter the Fair Break fast on Fri - day, there will be a Live - stock Sale of some of the 4-H and FFA mem ber s live stock. There will be dif - fer ent kinds of ro deos for four days. Fair goers can also view motorcycle and auto shows on Sat ur day af - ter the Pa rade. Var i ous ven - dors will have goods and foods to of fer at the Fair - grounds as well as Yard Sales about town. The first four days will be cli maxed with the CLCEC (Crow Lu - ther Cul tural Events Cen ter) Beer Gar den and CLCEC grilled foods on Maine Street. The gate fee is $5.00 to hear the young In - stant Re al ity Band at 6:00 p.m. The Ro deo Road Ap ple Band will play at 7:00 p.m. to mid night for danc ing in the street. Happy Birth day to Dear Dora Pearcey who is cel e - brat ing her 80th Birth day this week-end. We want to state for the pub lic, that peo ple do ap - preciate viewing the photos of the Eads School Staffs printed in the Press. A Thank you, goes to Prin ci - pal Betsy Barnett and Ed i - tor, Con nie McPherson for pub lish ing these pho tos. When I vis ited the high school last Tues day, I found Mrs. Barnett in a new space, the for mer sec re - tary s of fice. This is an other cost cut ting mea sure that the School Board has had to make, so some ma chines and staff have been moved to the Li brary now and Mrs. Barnett has a dif fer ent place to ob serve the halls and stu - dents. Kit Car son Day be gan with ex tremely frigid weather and cool breezes but ended warmly af ter the barbeque and pa rade. We were pleased to see two Eads re stored auto en thu si - asts, Rick and (Bonnie) Mor gan and Cardon (Joyce) Berry in the Clas sic Car Show and Pa rade. Like the Ki owa County Fair Fes tiv i - ties this week, it will be great to see friends and fam i lies who re turn to their for mer hometowns. We hope peo ple will take time to read Mi chael Zimmerman s Let ter to the Ed i tor to in form the pub lic of what we may do to reg is - ter our con cern for the pos - si ble clos ing of the Haswell Post Of fice. Let us take time to at tend meet ings and/or write let ters to the Postal Regulatory Commission in Wash ing ton D.C, within the next two weeks. Peo ple could call the lo cal cit i zens on the com mit tee listed by Zimmerman. We are glad that Bob Woods is do ing better back in Eads as he goes to Weisbrod Hospital three times a day for in tra ve nous an ti bi ot ics. We have heard that Betty Crow is im prov - ing from heart sur gery and hopes to re turn soon. We have no ticed that so many more peo ple are us ing the Weisbrod Physical Therapy ser vices for ex er cise re - gimes and Joe McCaleb s fa mous tap ing of limbs. As a re sult he has to have an additional therapist come on some days. Another great activity to watch dur ing the County Fair is the CLCEC Bash Dash Run at 8:00 a.m. It was a thrill to watch last year as the run ners of all ages left on the trail south of the Barn west of Prai rie Pines. Larry Gifford. Rod John son, and Trey Eder are or ga niz ing this event. We want to send Jennie and Josh Kliesen best wishes on the birth of daugh ter Roxy Ma rie in Au - gust. Reid is en joy ing his new po si tion as big brother. Grand par ents Deb and Bob Kliesen, of Eads, are tick led to have an other lit tle girl to spoil. A tip of Ida s hat goes to Areta Laird, Joyce Berry and Al ice Glover for all the clean ing and spruc ing they did at the com mu nity build - ing to pre pare for the Fair ex hib its. These la dies vol - un teered their time and ef - forts to make sure dis play ar eas would shine. Thank you la dies! An other tip of the ol hat goes out to the FFA stu dents who painted and cleaned up the fair grounds in prep - a ra tion for the Fair! We hope the paint came out of your hair, Mel! We want to thank our ru - ral route mail de liv ery gals for their dil i gent ef forts to make sure our mail gets to us no mat ter the weather! They of ten go out of their way to get mail and pack - ages to our doors. So, a big tip of Ida s hat goes out to Fran Lee and Brenda! Have a great week ahead and en joy the last cou ple days of the Fair.. Let s hope the cool temps stay around a while lon ger. One of the priv i leges of old age is to re - late ex pe ri ences that no - body will be lieve and give ad vice that no body will fol - low. Anonymous

7 Kit Car son Clips Ev ery word of God is flaw less; He is a shield to those who take ref uge in him. Prov erbs 30:5. At last we got some re lief from the hot, hot tem per a - tures. This made Kit Car son Day even more pleas ant. I baked all day Fri day but only got four items done to take to be judged. Pe can pie, choc. chip cook ies, French bread, and zuc chini bread. I was tick led pink when I got all blue rib bons. But re ally there was not much com pe ti tion. I sent my ex hib its home with Perry and Pat White. Jean Fetty vis ited Ida Mae Da vis Wednes day. Mar i lyn Longwell stopped in for a visit to Ida Mae Thurs day, and Pat Mussleman from Grand Junc tion vis ited Ida Mae Fri day. Rus sell Da vis vis ited Ida Mae and Angie Saturday and ate bar be cue with them. Elsie Mae White from Gar - den City, KS and Larry White from Cebeilo, TX each ar rived at Ron ald and Shir ley White s Thurs day to take in Kit Car son Day fes - tiv i ties over the week end. Don and Lois Getman, and daugh ter Sharon from Longmont came to Kit Car - son Day and spent Sat ur day night with Ron ald and Shir - ley. Elsie Mae, and the Getman s re turned to their homes Sunday. Larry plans to stay with Ron and Shir ley a bit lon ger. Sunday af ter noon Ron ald and Shir ley White, Larry White, George, Anita, Rebecca, and Keith Young, and Mary Ann Young, had a visit and cookout at the home of John and Liz Young in Wiley. The Kit Car son Day bar be - cue was very good served with a po tato, car rot, cooked on ion, and beans. No one went away hun gry. At 1:30 we watched a long pa rade with a lot of candy thrown out to the chil dren from the ve hi cles. There were some mighty old ve hi - cles be ing driven in the pa - By Mar i lyn White rade. A lot of fun was had at the foot ball field af ter the pa rade for the chil dren with all kinds of events they could en ter. The se nior class served a very good break fast at the school lunch room early morn ing and a very good sup per of grilled ham burg ers and hot dogs Sat ur day eve ning. Both were well at tended. James and I went to the last per for mance of the melo - drama. It was a very cute play and the play ers knew their lines very well. How - ever, I don t think the Hero, Zoro, was sup pose to fall off the stage back wards. That had to hurt a lit tle. Ev ery - one en joyed the fire works the Fire Dept. pro vided and shot off. That put ev ery one in the mood for the out door dance. Jody Buck of Wray spent Kit Car son Day week end with Polly John son. Toby, Amy, Brad, Haley, Tess, and Polly John son had Sunday din ner at Scott and Jean John son s to cel e brate birth days of Polly, Tess, and Amy. Wednes day Au gust 31st. Mar i lyn Longwell went to Col o rado Springs to at tend the re tire ment cer e mony in honor of Ida E.(Shade) Shaffstall who re tired af ter 41 years of Civil Ser vice. She worked for the US Army and the US Air Force at NORAD in Chey enne Moun - tain. Ida was so loved there she was dubbed Queen of Chey enne Moun tain. The cer e mony was held at Moun tain Man Park. Mar i - lyn said it was a beau ti ful cer e mony and she feels hon ored to be able to at - tend. Ida and Mar i lyn grad - u ated to gether from Kit Car - son School Helen and Jerry Starkweather from Col o rado Springs came Sat ur day to take in Kit Car son Day and to visit fam ily and friends. Ste ven and Toni Schreivogel and grand chil - dren came to at tend Kit Car - son Day and to visit and spend the night with their moth ers. My heart was bro ken Tues day morn ing when I went to town and Jones Drug store was all but gone. I went there when I was a teen ager and be fore. We would go to the soda shop from school at noon and eat a sand wich and have a coke. Kit Car son is get ting a face lift but I miss our old Wild Horse Roundup Tues day a fel low stopped by and said his great-granddad had homesteaded near Wild Horse and was won der ing if there was any re cord of it. I got out my Chey enne County his tory book that has the home stead ers in it. Lucky me, I found the name John Bow man in it. He had filed on his place one mile north and three miles east. The vis i tor was a pas tor from Ohio and had his fam - ily in a nice van pull ing a nice trailer. He found out what he wanted to know and thanked me and headed for home. Yes ter day (Sat ur day) was Kit Car son Day, which has been go ing on for years. We went down and took our com pany, my niece, Penny, and a friend Mark. We saw the ro deo and then went KIT CARSON ST ATE BANK BURLINGTON BRANCH By Curtis Schrimp PO BO X #68 BURLINGTON, CO ROSE A VE. (719) into town and vis ited and had a good bar be cue. We then watched the pa rade which was nice. I en joyed see ing Ernie Ham mer s big team pull ing his wagon, with Tony driv ing. It was nice to see Chuck Keller win the Good Scout Award. That is a nice honor. I was cho sen many years ago. Then, we were off then to see the melo drama that played to a packed house. The cast did a good job. Jim Ho gan sang and Mark Ho - gan and Jeff Lit tle did very well. The whole crowd did well with Mar i lyn Ward at the pi ano. There was a sur - prise when I was asked to come up. Mike Morlan was the an nouncer and said I was to sing. This ninety-six-year-old voice is - n t like when I sang for twenty-five years for the KIT CARSON ST ATE BANK CHEYENNE WELLS BRANCH land marks. I don t like change. They hold elec tions in No - vem ber be cause it s the best time for pick ing out a turkey. show. I did what I could and peo ple are so nice to say I did fine. When we got home, we were watch ing the Rock ies when the news said some - thing about Kit Car son and Eads Ea gles. I did n t catch it all. I for got our com pany brought a pickup load of oak fire wood. We ate a good sup per at the school Sat ur - day eve. Marty saw some of her old friends there. Danny and Denise Tem ple and Con nie Wil son were at the bar be cue. LAMAR THEATRE 219 S. Main - Lamar $7.00 Adults - $5.00 Children & Seniors - $5.00 Thursdays HELD OVER The Smurfs 6:45 p.m. Daily Starts Friday, Sept. 9 8:40 p.m. Daily September 9, 2011 KiowaCountyPress.com 7 PG COWBOYS & ALIENS Stars: Harrison Ford KIT CARSON STATE BANK PO BOX # MAIN STREET KIT CARSON, CO (719) BANK-BY-PHONE COMING SOON PG 13 CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE THE HELP FINAL DESTINATION 5 RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES PO BO X # st EAST STREET CHEYENNE WELLS, CO (719)

8 East End Events Did you feel the chill in the air this past week end? Makes you think that Fall might just be around the cor ner. It was a wel come re - lief from all the hot weather. I m ready for Fall, I love the col ors and the cooler tem - per a tures, but don t like what it sig ni fies - WINTER!! Six teen peo ple gath ered at the Towner Hall for the monthly Se nior din ner on Mon day. The food was de li - cious as usual. A short meet ing was held af ter lunch and then sev eral played mar bles dur ing the af ter noon. Game night will be Sep tem ber 17 at 7 p.m. We will be sell ing Pe cans again, but due to the Marples Country Market Your TOTAL Health Food Store 101 N. 4th Street Lamar, Colorado (719) By Sharon Scott drought in the south, the price has risen by $3.00 a bag. They will cost you $ We will be call ing to see if you want them this year. Also, we have the Birth day Cal en dars for $3.00. Dick and I and our grand - son Kyle; Mary Huddleston; Jerene DeBono; and Su san Green field went to Sharon Springs, KS Sat ur day af ter - noon to at tend an 80th birth day cel e bra tion for Darrel Anderson. Around 50 fam ily mem bers and close friends helped make his day a spe cial one. Happy 80th Darrel! Last Fri day, Jim and MaryAnn Rich ard son went to Gar den City to at tend the fu neral of a class mate of MaryAnn s. Dick and I went to Kit Car - son last Sat ur day eve ning and at tended the Melo - drama. Our niece, Gina (DeBono) Dechant was one of the cast mem bers. It was lots of fun. C-Dot tells us that our High way 96 road pro ject from Sheridan Lake to just west of Delmas Beaman s What Classy Lady is Turning Eighty? The Dora earcey would invite join 80th celebration. Sunday, September 11, 2011 United Methodist Church 110 East 11th Street Eads, CO :00-4:00 p.m. (Come and Go) 8 KiowaCountyPress.com September 9, 2011 place will be start ing shortly. Sure will be nice to get rid of our bumpy road. Floyd and Wynona Barnes went to Hays, KS a week ago Wednes day, where Floyd un der went some sur - gery. They re turned home last Sunday. Hope you get well fast Floyd. Cora Coffman and I went to Pueblo last Wednes day and at tended the Engelbert Humperdinck con cert at the State Fair. We stayed over and did a lit tle shop ping be - fore re turn ing home Thurs - day. Cora went to Trin i dad Thurs day eve ning to at tend some vol ley ball games that her grand daugh ter Jor dan was play ing in. She re - turned home Wednes day. Su san Green field hosted a Taste fully Sim ple party at the Towner Hall Mon day eve ning. Around 20 la dies enjoyed the evening visiting and tast ing all the good ies. Linda Stum spent a cou - ple days in Den ver last week babysitting. She is go - ing back this week to help out again. I won der if Noelle is go ing to get spoiled hav - ing Grandma there all the time. That s what Grandma s are for - spoil Home Coun try Marvin Pincus, (since his hon or ary de gree, now be ing called As so ci ate Pincus), turned the lights on his fly-ty ing bench, com ing to fo - cus on the small vice where love is sues would be solved. Dewey Decker, ob vi - ously ner vous de spite sit - ting in the com fort able green chair, was sip ping some cof fee. Okay, Dewey, I m ready. What seems to be the trou ble? I m in love, Marvin. Re - ally in love for the first time in my life. I can t help it. I re ally can t! Whoa there! Marvin said to the val ley king of fer til izer prod ucts. You have n t been back slid ing on that thing we dis - cussed last time, have you? You mean the show - By Slim Randles ers? No sir. Been tak ing them be fore I ask a girl out. It s not that, Marvin, it s just this woman s so per fect and she does n t know I m alive. In this val ley? That s pretty hard to do. Who is she? Dewey fidg eted and then whis pered, Em ily Stickles. Em ily Stickles? You mean the same Miz Stickles that tried to get my counseling service stopped? Dewey nod ded. I can t help it, Marvin. Hon est. Well, said the older man, she is aw fully easy on the eyes. And her cheek bones, Marvin. Did you see them? And the kind look in her eyes? And the way she Got it! Okay now. So why have n t you asked her out? She d never go out with me Pastor s Pearls By Pas tor Rich ard Zabriskie Prayer and the Law Have you ever prayed that you would not get caught speed ing or steal - ing or!? God de tests the prayers of a per son who ig nores the law. Prov - erbs 28:9 NLT them and then give them back to the par ents!! Denis, Theresa and Jerry Weber took a few days off and went to Bir ming ham, AL and did some sight see - ing there and com ing and go ing on the trip. They said that it was dry ev ery where they went. Only three days of school this week. School is out on Thurs day for the Ki owa County Fair. Plan to spend some time at the fair and see all the ex hib its and meet old friends. See you next week!! Faint heart ne er won fair lady, Mr. Decker. You need to dress your best, go right up to her and in - tro duce your self, tell her who you are and what you do, and ask her out. Now, I d do it in day light. Go for cof fee. You know, so she does n t think you re stalk - ing her. You re ally think so? Ab so lutely. And, to em - pha size the point, I m go - ing to tie you up an at trac - tant fly on a num ber two streamer hook. You will look at this ev ery day, re - mind ing your self to preen and look your best, take show ers, and just cow boy up. I think maybe a bivisible with jun gle cock eyes. In mere min utes the fly was se curely in Dewey s hands and he was headed home. I ll do it, he said. I ll do it! He looked. There was no one around. Maybe next week... Brought to you by Slim s new book A Cow boy s Guide to Grow ing Up Right. Learn more at m/slim.html.

9 Ac tion Packed Night of Ex cite ment at Lamar Speed way By Glo ria Woller Last Sat ur day night 60 race cars thrilled the race fans at Lamar Speed way 1 ½ miles East of the Big Tim bers Mu seum. Through out the eve ning the com pe ti tion was close, ex cit ing, and to tally un pre dict able. There were close fin ishes, paint swapped be tween cars, new dents cre ated and scrapes along with many crashes and re starts which kept the fans ex - cited and cheer ing. We know that race fans don t at tend the races to see ac - ci dents and crashes.they just want to be there in case they hap pen. Over all, ev ery - one had an ex cit ing night of fam ily fun at the Lamar Speedway races. The Jr Fan Club foot race was fun for ev ery one as the kids raced the length of the grand stand on the front straight away. The last race this year will be on Sep tem ber 17. The Jr Fan Club kids will have a cash scram ble. $$$. Mark it on your cal en - dar. There will be spe cial added ex cite ment and thrills. The BST Modifieds are com ing plus the crazy Any thing Goes cars will re turn for a bang up show. The Lamar Rac ing Club wants to thank our com - mu nity, spon sors, and fans for their great sup - port this sea son. We look for ward to see ing you on the sea son fi nale Sep tem - ber 17. Au gust 27th Re sults Mini Stock - 1 #30 Thomas Fran cis, 2 #07 Aus tin Peck, 3 #65 Rhett Proc tor, 4 #1G Jeff Graves, 5 #9 Brendyn Nordyke, 6 #56s Leslie Sprueill, 7 #13 Quinton Yutterman, 8 #3x Rayce Coen, 9 #77 Tony Peck. Hobby Stock - 1 #2m An gel Munoz, 2 #97J Jimmy Jenkins, 3 #73 Jeff Callen, 4 #41 Fred Elliot, South east Men tal Health Ser vices Leads the State in Data Qual ity By Nancy Har ris King As the de bate over healthcare re form rages on in Wash ing ton, D.C., one lo cal health care pro - vider re cently re ceived the high est marks in the state for its data qual ity and re port ing. The En- coun ter Data Re port Card re leased this week by Value Op tions, the na - tion s larg est in de pend - ent be hav ioral health care com pany, rec og nized South east Men tal Health Ser vices as the leader in data qual ity for the state s Medicaid mental health billing system. I m so proud of our staff, said Becky Otteman, In terim Ex ec u - tive Di rec tor for South - east Men tal Health Ser - vices. Dr. Jennifer Carrica, Ph.D., Cindy Day and Tosha Mascarenas work diligently every day to en sure ac cu racy in the billing system. Together, they have raised the ef fi - ciency and ef fec tive ness of our data sys tems to near per fect. There is al - most no drag or du pli ca - tion of ef fort from our end on the state system. South east Men tal Health Ser vices re ceived a rat ing of Ex cel lent in data qual ity and had an er ror rate of only 0.07% for FY 2011, which ended June 30th. The state mon - itors billing submissions for Medicaid eligibility errors, in ap pro pri - ately-billed units, and du - pli ca tions. In ad di tion to the high level of data qual - ity, SEMHS also re ceived an on-time rank ing for the time li ness of its billing submissions. The cost of health care is some thing that weighs on all of our minds, said Barry Shioshita, Di rec tor of Fi nance for SEMHS. The com mu nity can rest as sured that we are do ing ev ery thing in our power to op er ate a lean and ef fi - cient or ga ni za tion, re - duce the cost of health care, and max i mize the use of ev ery tax dol lar in providing quality health care for its citizens. PJ Wilson Insurance Agency Your Insurance Specialist Cindy Day, Data Man ager, is cel e brat ing her 30th year in ser vice to SEMHS. 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10 Classy Lassie Red Hat ters Meet By Do ris Lessenden Classy Lassie Red Hat - ter La dies met Sat ur day Au gust 27th at the K & M Ranch House for break - fast at l0:00 a.m. Colby Stoker of Haswell was a guest of Do ris Lessenden. Since this was Betty Crow s birth - day month, she was in charge of the pro gram. Betty read a poem about Aprons that brought so many mem o ries back of our moth ers and grand - mother s use of aprons. Some uses of aprons that were men tioned were car ry ing eggs or baby chicks to a warm ing oven, used for gath er ing gar den pro duce, wip ing chil - dren s tears, to dust be - fore com pany reaches the Winter - Sept.-Mar. Wednesday 8:00-4:30 Thursday 8:00-4:30 Saturday 8:00-4:30 Sunday 1:00-4:30 p.m. CLOSED: Noon to 12:30 for Lunch screen door, wav ing that lunch is ready and so many other uses be sides covering dresses. Betty had asked the women to bring an apron to tell a story or his tory of the apron. Betty Holthus had a beau ti fully cro cheted apron that she plans to hang up as a dec o ra tion. Mar ga ret Frazee had a large ivory paint splat - tered apron which she 10 KiowaCountyPress.com September 9, 2011 has used some of the 51 years that she has done ce ram ics. Mar ga ret re - lated that women used to make aprons out of the backs of men s shirts. Loretta Seibel showed a col or ful apron that was one of the many her Mom had sewed for her when she was a wait ress in the l950 s. This apron had blocks of pur ple and blocks of trop i cal flow ers. Delores Rec tor held up a black apron with an or - ange Mullen High School logo. Then she showed a dainty lav en der and white ging ham apron that was smocked by her mother. Next Betty Crow dis - played her trea sure of a cro cheted apron by her friend, Hilda Culver, who was well-known years back for her ex per tise as a baker of cook ies and cakes and of love for her of host ing tea par ties. Cel e brate Amer i can In dian Her i tage at An nual Corn Maze By Will Jones Nav i gate the chal leng - ing twists and turns of the newly de signed corn field this fall at Den ver Bo tanic Gar dens at Chatfield s an nual Corn Maze. Two 15-foot-tall illuminated bridges will over look the tall stalks of the 8-acre Corn Maze. The wind ing path ways have a Na tive Amer i can art theme, de - signed to pay trib ute to Den ver Bo tanic Gar dens 2011 Sig na ture Ex hi bi - tion, Na tive Roots Mod - ern Form: Plants, Peo - ples and the Art of Allan Houser. The ex hibit, at the Gar dens York Street lo ca tion, fea tures the sculp tures of Amer i can modern artist Allan Houser (Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache, ). A free mini-maze will be open for the lit tle ones. Hayrides, and horse and pony rides are avail able for an ad di tional cost. An ar ray of food ven dors will of fer some of your fa vor - ite fall foods, in clud ing freshly squeezed lem on - ade, fun nel cakes, hotdogs and kettle corn. New this year: Don t just wan der the maze. Play our new trivia game! Gar dens-themed ques - tions will be scat tered through out the maze. Choose the cor rect an - swers on the right way through the maze. The Corn Maze is open ev ery Fri day, Sat ur day and Sunday from Sep tem - ber 9 - Oc to ber 30. Hours: Fri days: 4-9 p.m.; Sat ur days: noon 9 p.m.; Sun days: noon 6 p.m. Ad mis sion*: $10 adults; $8 adult mem bers, se niors and stu dents with ID; $5 chil dren (4-12 years); $4 child members. Once you have con - quered the Corn Maze, ex plore the tree house and wa ter fea ture in Deer Creek Dis cov ery, check out the wild life ob ser va - tion area and visit our barn yard friends. Den ver Bo tanic Gar - dens at Chatfield is lo - cated at 8500 West Deer Creek Can yon Road in Little ton, just south of C-470 on Wadsworth Blvd. The site is an af fil i ate of the Lady Bird John son Wild flower Cen ter, and fea tures 750 acres of plants, wild life, grass - lands and pro tected wetlands. NEAL MANN Cell: (785) FARM & RANCH REALTY, INC. Colby, Kansas TOLL FREE: Betty also had a nice cob - bler apron that was used in her family. I showed an apron em - broi dered by my mother, Ida, with aqua snow flake de signs on aqua ging ham. I also held up a lovely white apron hand painted by Ma donna (Wissel) Pollreis. Faye Bar ber has made many aprons in her life, but does n t have one on hand right now be - cause she loaned them to her grand daugh ter. Vi Koch had a cute apron from a rel a tive that said, I m not Fat, I m Fluffy. An other one was sewed of brown fab ric with a zip per to cover garments. Joyce Da vis stated that when she down sized her house she gave her aprons away but the one she re mem bered the most was one that was given to her and her hus - band at their wed ding shower that had a His and Her side. Lola Igou and Dora Pearcey did n t have their aprons with them, but we know they are good cooks. Dora s friend, Evelyn Gar ner has loaned a cute apron made of denim jeans trimmed in red bandana ruf fles. This was a very heart warm ing meet ing and meal served by Stella Ras mus sen. Kim Eder dropped by to tell us all Hi. We do ap pre ci ate these fine wait resses who cheer fully serve our meals. Our next meet ing will be Sat ur day, Sep tem - ber 24th at l0:00 a.m. La - dies over 50 are wel come to come to visit. There are no dues or set rules.we meet for a time to visit. Subscription Delivery at the Convert your existing subscription, or start subscription on now! Only $18.00 p

11 Re cord ers Notes By Debra C. Lening Ki owa County Clerk and Re corder ELECTION ALERTS: The last day to reg is - ter to vote for the up - com ing No vem ber 1, 2011 Co or di nated Mail Bal lot Elec tion is Tues - day, Oc to ber 3, In or der to reg is ter to vote, a cur rent driver s li cense number, Colorado ID num ber, or at least the last four dig its of your So - cial Se cu rity Num ber are re quired. NOTE: If you had an ad dress change or a name change, you need to come in be fore this date to up grade your voter information! Your other op tion is to go on - line at to make all of your changes! Ei ther way, the changes MUST be done on or before October 3, 2011! Any one turn ing 18 years of age be fore the No vem ber 1, 2011 Co or di - nated Elec tion must be reg is tered to vote prior to the Tues day, Oc to ber 3, 2011 dead line in or der to cast a bal lot for this election. The No vem ber 1, 2011 Co or di nated Elec tion will be a Mail Bal lot Election. This means there will be no vot ing at your pre cinct on Elec tion Day. The Ki owa County Clerk s Of fice will have bal lots mailed to all ac - tive reg is tered elec tors AND in ac tive-failed to vote elec tors. The bal lots will be mailed out be - tween Oc to ber 11 and Oc - to ber 14, If you have moved and mail was re - turned un de liv er able, you may be in ac tive-re turned mail. These in ac tive vot - ers will not have a bal lot automatically mailed. If you need to up date in for - ma tion, please con tact our of fice and we can as - sist you on what we need to ac ti vate your sta tus, or go on line at to make all of your changes! If you do not re ceive your bal lot by October 21, 2011, contact our office at Re turn ing your bal lot: Your bal lot may be voted any time af ter you re ceive it in the mail. It is not nec - es sary to wait un til Elec - tion Day to vote. To vote your bal lot, use a blue or black ink pen to mark your choice on the bal lot. Be sure to place your voted bal lot in the se - crecy sleeve pro vided to en sure voter con fi den ti al - ity. Please make sure that you read and sign the voter self-af fir ma tion sec - tion lo cated on the back of your re turn en ve lope. In or der for your bal lot to be counted, re turn the re - turn en ve lope con tain ing your voted bal lot. You may ei ther de liver your voted bal lot to the Clerk and Re corder s of fice lo - cated at 1305 Goff St. in Eads by hand, or pro vide ad e quate post age on the re turn en ve lope and mail it back to PO Box 37, Eads, CO Re mem - ber to al low enough time for mail de liv ery of your voted bal lot. All bal lots must be re turned to the Clerk and Re corder s of - fice by Elec tion Day, No - vem ber 1, 2011 by 7:00 p.m. in or der to be counted, whether by hand delivery or mail. Iden ti fi ca tion for vot - ing: If you are a first time voter, and ID was not shown at the time of reg - is tra tion, a pho to copy of your ID must be en closed in the bal lot en ve lope, but should not be en closed in - side the se crecy sleeve with the voted bal lot. How will you know if you need to pro vide ID with your bal lot? Your mail ing la bel will have an al pha let ter H be side your name. Example: Ima New Voter H 1234 Main Street Any where, CO Fail ure to pro vide ID will re sult in your bal lot be ing treated as a pro vi - sional ballot. Provisional bal lots are counted when reg is tra tion is ver i fied, per (3.5) (d), C.R.S. If you would like to view a sam ple of what you are vot ing on, an Elec tion No tice will be pub lished in the lo cal news pa pers on Oc to ber 7, Both Ki owa County School Dis - tricts will have an elec tion this year, along with a State question. MAIL-IN Bal lots: If you are go ing to be ab sent from your Ki owa County res i dence ad dress of re - cord dur ing Oc to ber 11 Oc to ber 14, 2011, you may want to ap ply for a mail-in bal lot. Your bal lot can be sent to your lo ca tion where you are dur ing this time, and will not be mailed to your home address. Did you know that you can be placed on a per ma - nent mail-in voter (PMIV) list? Yes, just come into our of fice, or con tact us and we will send you a form to be placed on a per ma nent mail-in voter list. You may also make your changes on line! You will re ceive your bal lot by mail for all fu ture elec - tions. How ever, if you fail Ten Years Ago September 7, 2001 The Eads Eagle football team beat Stratton Eagles 47-7; first time since mid-1980 s. The volleyball team also beat Stratton, both games were held in Stratton. Twenty-Five Years Ago August 29, 1986 Larry and Gail Michael opened Michaels Mini-Mart Store. The Eads Lions Club to vote, move, or your bal lot is re turned to our of fice un de liv er able, then you will be taken off the per ma nent list and will have to re ap ply. 54% of the ac tive vot ers in Ki owa County have al ready applied to be PMIV! Pages from the Past Eads Auto Supply Forty Years Ago September 3, 1971 Polly Zimmerman was chosen to reign as the Sheriff s Posse Queen. Howard H. Hooker passed the Colorado State Board of Optometric test and received his license. Eldon Bethel sold Bethel Conoco Station to Lee Brown. If you have any ques - tions, please feel free to con tact our of fice at (719) All county of - fices will be closed Mon - day, October 10 for Co - lum bus Day. Bent County HealthCare Center Our comprehensive approach to nursing and rehabilitation care includes 24-hour skilled nursing, post-hospital, post-surgical care, and restorative services in comfortable accommodations. We are committed to healing the minds, bodies, and souls of individuals. Our person-centered care uses a holistic approach through a variety of approaches. A few of our services and amenities include spiritual and pastoral services, planned outings, dementia and Alzheimer care, physical, speech, and occupational therapies, wound care, respiratory care, IV therapy, pet therapy and massage therapy. Bent County HealthCare Center is an Eden certified facility, changing long-term care facilities into communities where life is worth living by focusing on the care of the whole person. Caring Committing Growing Bent County HealthCare Center 810 Third Street * Las Animas, CO Fifty Years Ago September 1, 1961 E.G. Smith has just donated $500 to Weisbrod completed a remodeling job Nursing Home to purchase on his dry goods store. The needed equipment. main room has been lengthened 12 feet, a nice dressing room added and storage facilities in the East room improved. Efforts are being made to restore the old Bent s Fort and make it a national monument. Bent s Fort played such an important part in building the west, we would like to see the project brought to a successful conclusion. Kiowa Drug (719) (719) (719) September 9, 2011 KiowaCountyPress.com 11

12 Bennet Meets with Tour ism and Eco nomic De vel op ment Or ga ni za tions in Eads By Alex Obregon Colorado U.S. Senator Mi chael Bennet to day met with tour ism and eco - nomic development orga - ni za tions and of fi cials in Eads to dis cuss their work to boost tour ism and the lo cal econ omy in Kiowa County. Tour ism is at the heart of southeastern Colorado s lo cal econ omy, and the re gion has done an ex - cel lent job work ing to - gether to get the word out, said Bennet. Ru ral Col o rado is home to some of our coun try s most sig - nificant historical sites, and the more peo ple that know about that the better for our local economies. In Eads, Bennet met with mem bers of the South east Col o rado Re - gional Her i tage Tour ism Taskforce, rep re sen ta - tives of Benet s Old Fort & Sand Creek Mas sa cre National Historical Site, mem bers of the Ki owa County Development Foun da tion and Don ald Oswald, Ki owa County Commissioner. Bennet heard about work on the Boggsville Na tional His - toric Dis trict, prog ress on 12 KiowaCountyPress.com September 9, 2011 a new vis i tor s cen ter at Sand Creek Mas sa cre Site and con tin ued ef forts to build a new ac cess road at Bent s Old Fort National Historic Site. The meet ing was part of a se ries of events Bennet will hold over the next few days in south east ern Col - o rado and the San Luis Val ley that will high light the need to cre ate jobs, sup port fam ily farm ers and ranch ers, and boost economic development in Colorado s rural communities. Let us be of service to you and together we can grow! Come see the friendly faces you ve grown to trust at Kiowa County National Bank and let us help teach your children the valued discipline of saving; let us offer our meaningful advice on a thousand different financial matters; let us cover your borrowing needs for everything from cars and education to homes and business ventures. And together we ll grow for the betterment of the community. branch GNB Sen. Mi chael Bennet Urg ing Pas sage of GIPSA Rule By Amy Bader Late last week, Sen. Mi - chael Bennet urged Pres - i dent Barack Obama to fi - nal ize and im ple ment the U.S. De part ment of Ag ri - cul ture s Grain In spec - tion, Pack ers and Stock - yards Ad min is tra tion s (GIPSA) pro posed rule. This is the same rule that Col o rado beef pro duc ers have re sound ingly stated time and time again is un - ac cept able due to the egregious limitations that the rule would dic tate on how the beef in dus try con ducts its sale transactions for livestock. It co mes with great sur prise that Sen. Bennet is en cour ag ing the pas - sage of this in dus try- crip - pling rule considering the vast majority of Colorado beef pro duc ers have com - mu ni cated their op po si - tion to the rule s pas - sage, stated Da vid Mendenhall, Pres i dent for the Col o rado Cat tle - men s Association (CCa). CCA mem bers have per - son ally met with Sen. Bennet and tes ti fied in front of Con gress clar i fy - ing the por tions of the rule that will limit the free mar ket and en tre pre - neur ial abil ity to all pro - ducers, specifically small pro duc ers. To this end, CCA requests Sen. Bennet reconsider his position. CCA would once again like to ad dress the sig nif i - cant con cerns raised by the pro posed rule re gard - ing live stock and poul try mar ket ing prac tices. CCA s pol icy states that na tional ag ri cul ture pol - icy should be ori ented to a free, pri vate en ter prise com pet i tive mar ket sys - tem. CCA mem bers firmly be lieve that pri vate en ter prise al ter na tives in mar ket ing and risk man - age ment should be de vel - oped and en cour aged as the pre ferred alternative to government programming. In their pro posed rul - ing, GIPSA will re quire that all mar ket ing con - tracts be posted for pub lic re view and GIPSA re view of fair ness. This takes away the ba sic Amer i can busi ness tenet of a will ing buyer and will ing seller en gag ing in a pri vate busi ness trans ac tion. The beef in dus try has worked hard to put in place mar - ket ing al li ances and al ter - na tive mar ket ing ar - range ments (AMAs) to better serve the de mands of our con sum ers, while get ting paid for the value be ing put on our cat tle. This would se verely hinder, if not destroy, those programs. GIPSA considers mar - ket ing ar range ments based on vol ume or pre - mi ums for qual ity as po - tentially showing undue pref er ence. This is an - other hit to pro duc ers abil ity to en ter into an AMA. In other words, pro - duc ers who spend con sid - er able time and en ergy im prov ing their herd s ge - net ics and pro duc tion ef fi - cien cies will be pun ished, while mar ginal cat tle will be re warded in or der to establish a fairness factor. Even in GIPSA s own study, they found that a ma jor ity of cat tle are mar - keted through tra di tional cash mar ket means. The study showed that AMAs such as for ward con - tracts, pro duc tion con - tracts, packer own er ship, or cus tom feed ing have pro vided ben e fits to some pro duc ers with out harm - ing the com pet i tive ness of the marketplace. The study also showed that pro duc ers are able to mar ket their live stock in dif fer ent ways and can see the eco nomic ben e - fits, all while main tain ing a strong vi a ble cash mar - ket. CCA un der stands that pro pos als to ban packer own er ship and limit cattle marketing op - Con tin ued on page 14

13 Government & Commentary Com mis sion ers Cor ner By Dick Scott The 122 mile stretch of rail from Towner to the North Avon dale Junc tion out east of Pueblo- The Towner Line- is reach ing a very crit i cal stage. VS Rail road will make their fi nal pay ment for this line to CDOT in Dec of 2011 and will own and con trol it. In for ma tion from CDOT in di cates the in - tent of VS is to dis man tle the rails and sell them as rails or as scrap metal. CDOT does have an op - tion to buy the rail back be fore it is torn up if VS does op tion to scrap the line. CDOT may or may not ex er cise that op tion. One thing al most cer tain is that if these rails are ever phys i cally re moved, they will be gone for ever and the like li hood of a new rail ever be ing built is not even remotely likely. The Col o rado Gen eral As sem bly and the US Con gress found great need to pre serve this line back in 1998 when Un ion Pa cific took it over. The va lid ity of this need may be even greater to day than it was then. This is what the 61st Col o rado Gen eral As sem bly stated in their leg is la tion to pre - serve The Towner Line: Aban don ment of the Towner Rail road Line and re moval of the rail - road tracks from that line would re sult in the per - ma nent loss of that line. The loss of the Towner Line would se verely im - pair the ac cess of the south east ern por tion of Colorado to commercial rail trans por ta tion. The per ma nent loss of the Towner Line would dam - age the econ omy and harm the cit i zens of Col o - rado, as well as jeop ar - dize the con tin ued vi a bil - ity and phys i cal con di tion of other trans por ta tion in - fra struc ture of the state. It is ben e fi cial to the cit i - zens of Colorado that the Towner Line be preserved. Freight rails- in clud ing the Towner Line- need to be pre served and uti lized be cause (1) they of fer ma - jor ad van tages in en ergy ef fi ciency over other modes; (2) they of fer a huge ad van tage in friend - li ness to the en vi ron ment; (3) they can be a ma jor con trib u tor to re duced high way con ges tion and (4) they of fer major advantages in safety. It seems fea si ble that the 20 to 30 trains that trav eled this line daily be - fore it was shut down could once again travel at or near that same rate. The loss of the Towner Line has cost Ki owa County at least $6.5 Mil - lion in lost rev e nue. This line could once again con trib ute greatly to an im proved grain mar - ket for the area. It could very well open the door to new value added crop mar kets to the west coast. The Towner Line it self is an ex am ple of a value added prod uct it would not take a lot to have it op - er a tional again. The Con gres sio nal Bud - get Of fice 2006 study on Freight Rail and Trans - por ta tion Long Term Is - sues clearly in di cates a de mand for more rail, not LESS. The Commissioners of Ki owa and Crowley coun - ties, the 61st Col o rado Gen eral As sem bly, the US Con gress and the Con - gres sio nal Bud get Of fice find ings would be di a met - ri cally op posed to clos ing the Towner Line. Rather than clos ing it we should be fig ur ing out how to make it operable again! Cit i zen ad vo cacy is an ef fec tive per sua sion. If you want to sup port pre - serv ing this rail, let your State Rep re sen ta tives and Sen a tors know. Sen a tor Greg Brophy = greg@gregbrophy.net; Sen a - tor Kevin Grant ham = Kevin.grantham.senate@stat e.co.us Rep re sen ta tive Jon Becker = jonjbecker@gmail.com Their mail ing ad dresses are all 200 East Colfax, Den ver, Co Ellicott's Home-Grown Vegetables will be avail able this Sat ur day, Sept. 10 at their prop erty south of the fairgrounds following the Pa rade un til 1:00 p.m. or Call September 9, 2011 KiowaCountyPress.com 13

14 Pub lic No tice BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE MAT TER OF AL LEGED VI O - LA TIONS OF THE RULES AND REG U LA TIONS OF THE COL O - RADO OIL AND GAS CON SER VA - TION COM MIS SION BY WEST ERN OPERATING COMPANY, KIOWA COUNTY, COLORADO CAUSE NO. 1V DOCKET NO OV-28 NO TICE OF OR DER FIND ING VI O - LA TION HEAR ING TO ALL IN TER ESTED PAR TIES AND TO WHOM IT MAY CON - CERN: Pur su ant to Rule 522.c., the Col o - rado Oil and Gas Con ser va tion Commission ( Commission or COGCC ) Staff will ap ply to the Commission at its September 19, 2011 hear ing for an Or der Find ing Violation ( OFV ) against Western Operating Company ( Western ) (Operator No ). King-Pyles #2 On Jan u ary 24, 1968, McBride Inc. spud the King-Pyles #2 Well (API No ), lo cated in the SW¼ SW¼ of Sec tion 9, Town ship 19 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M. Sub se quently, the well was sold to Inexco Oil Com pany, Park Oil & Gas, and Whit ing Oil and Gas Cor - poration, before finally being sold to Western, the present operator of the well. The well has been listed as an in jec tion well since Sep tem - ber 12, On June 8, 2010, Staff is sued a No - tice of Alleged Violation ( NOAV ) # to West ern for its op - er a tion at the King-Pyles #2 Well. Said NOAV cited vi o la tions for COGCC Rules 906.b.(1), 906.b.(3), 906.b.(5), and 906.c. Abatement or corrective actions found in the NOAV re quired West - ern to sub mit Form 19 to re port the spill, sub mit Form 27 to in clude a remediation plan, sam ple all im - pacted ar eas and sub mit re sults to the COGCC for re view, and pro vide documentation to the COGCC and the sur face owner as to why the spill was not re ported as re quired and what pol i cies and pro ce dures will be im ple mented to pre vent fu - ture in frac tions. Abate ment or cor - rec tive ac tion was re quired to be per formed by West ern by June 30, 2010, and Staff.as serts that West - ern has not per formed the re quired abatement or corrective action. The COGCC Staff re quests that West ern be found in vi o la tion of Rules 906.b.(1), 906.b.(3), 906.b.(5), and 906.c. for its op er a - tions at the King-Pyles #2 Well. Fos ter #1 On June 4, 1967, Fremont Pe tro - leum com pany spud the Fos ter #1 Well (API No ), lo - cated in the NE¼ NW¼ of Sec tion 15, Town ship 19 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M., and com pleted the well for pro duc tion of the Mis sis - sippian Formation. Subsequently, the well was sold to Inexco Oil Com pany, Park Oil and Gas, Whit - ing Oil and Gas Cor po ra tion, and fi - Weisbrod Memorial County Hospital Services Swing Bed Care Weisbrod Hospital's beds are licensed for either acute care or for extended care after receiving acute care. Thus, the use of its beds can "swing" either way. Swing bed care is for patients needing extended nursing care or rehabilitation, after receiving acute care either from Weisbrod Hospital or from another hospital. Swing bed care can be paid for by Medicare or by private insurance. For more information please contact Social Service Director 1208 Luther Street Eads, Colorado (719) nally, to West ern, the pres ent op er - a tor of the well. The well has been listed as pro duc ing as of May 15, On June 8, 2010, COGCC Staff is - sued NOAV # to West - ern for its op er a tion at the Fos ter #1 Well for an al leged vi o la tion of COGCC Rules 902.c., 906.b.(1), 906.b.(5), and 906.c. Abatement or corrective actions found in the NOAV re quired West - ern to sub mit Form 19 to re port the spill, sub mit Form 27 to in clude a remediation plan, re move free oil, sam ple the area and pro vide the re - sults to the COGCC, sub mit doc u - men ta tion as to why the spill was not re ported and free oil was not re moved as re quired, and in clude in the documentation what policies and pro ce dures will be im ple - mented to pre vent fu ture in frac - tions. Abate ment or cor rec tive ac - tion was re quired to be com pleted by West ern by June 30, 2010, and Staff.as serts that West ern has not per formed the re quired abate ment or corrective action. The COGCC Staff re quests that West ern be found in vi o la tion of Rules 902.c., 906.b.(1), 906.b.(5), and 906.c. for its op er a tions at the Fos ter #1 Well. Dawson A 1 On Oc to ber 14, 1967, Fremont Pe - tro leum spud the Dawson A 1 Well (API No ), lo cated in the NE¼ NW¼ of Sec tion 9, Town - ship 19 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M., and com pleted the well for production in the Mississippian Formation. Subsequently, the well was sold to Inexco Oil Com pany, Park Oil & Gas, Whit ing Oil and Gas, and fi nally, to West ern, the pres ent op er a tor of the well. The well has been listed as pro duc ing as of No - vem ber 24, Sen. Mi chael - Con tin ued from page 12 tions may sound ap peal - ing on the sur face, how - ever the study shows these re stric tions will hurt the very peo ple they are intended to protect. An other con cern of CCA is that per sons want ing to file a law suit un der the Pack ers and Stock yards Act would no lon ger have to show competitive injury. This would open the door to mas sive num bers of frivolous lawsuits being filed. This is also con trary to re cent rul ings by two dif fer ent courts. Not only are some of these pro vi - sions con trary to court de ci sions, but sev eral ac - tu ally put in place pro vi - sions that were de feated dur ing revisions of the On July 7, 2010, COGCC Staff is - sued NOAV # to West - ern for an al leged vi o la tion of Rule 906.a. for its op er a tion of the Dawson A 1 Well. Said NOAV re quired West ern to sam ple the af fected area and sub - mit the re sults along with a plan to remediate the af fected area to in - clude the area un der the tanks. Abatement or corrective action was re quired to be com pleted by West ern by Au gust 15, 2010, and Staff.as serts that West ern has no the re quired abate ment or cor rec - tive ac tion, and Staff.as serts that West ern has not per formed the re - quired abate ment or cor rec tive ac - tion. The COGCC Staff re quests that West ern be found in vi o la tion of Rule 906.a. for its op er a tions at the Dawson A 1 Well. Dawson #4 On Sep tem ber 8, 1968, Fremont Pe tro leum spud the Dawson #4 Well (API No ), lo - cated in the NE¼ SW¼ of Sec tion 3, Town ship 19 South, Range 45 West, 6th P.M., and com pleted the well for pro duc tion of the Mis sis - sippian Formation. Subsequently, the well was sold to Inexco Oil Com pany, Whit ing Oil and Gas, and fi nally to West ern, the pres ent op er a tor of the well. The well has been listed as an aban doned com - ple tion since De cem ber 21, On July 2, 2010, COGCC Staff is - sued NOAV # to West - ern for an al leged vi o la tion of Rule 1004.a. for its op er a tion of the Dawson #4 Well. Said NOAV re quired West ern to remediate any contaminated soil, and seed the lo ca tion in ac cor - dance with Rule 1004.a. by Oc to - ber 2, 2010, and Staff.as serts that West ern has not per formed the re - last Farm Bill. The bot tom line is that in to day s mar ket place, pro duc ers need the free - dom and flexibility to mar ket their cat tle in ways that pro vide the best re turn on their in - vest ment. CCA will con - tinue to pro tect beef pro - duc ers rights to mar ket cat tle the way they see fit, and will fight gov ern ment at tempts to re strict or di - rect pro duc ers choices. CCA is call ing on Sen. Bennet to re con sider his po si tion and sup port the vast majority of Colorado live stock pro duc ers who openly op pose this rule by withdrawing his letter. CCA strongly en cour - ages you to con tact Sen. Bennet at (202) and ask him to re con sider his position. quired abate ment or cor rec tive action.. The COGCC Staff re quests that West ern be found in vi o la tion of Rule 1004.a. for its op er a tions at the Dawson #4 Well. NO TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Oil and Gas Con ser va tion Com - mis sion of the State of Col o rado, pur su ant to the above, has sched - uled the above en ti tled mat ter for hear ing on: Date: Monday, September 19, 2011 Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Time: 9:00 a.m. Place: City & County of Broomfield City & County Build ing Coun cil Cham bers One DesCombes Drive Broomfield, Colorado In ac cor dance with the Amer i cans with Dis abil i ties Act, if any party requires special accommodations as a re sult of a dis abil ity for this hearing, please con tact Mar ga ret Humecki at (303) ext. 5139, prior to the hear ing and ar - range ments will be made. Pur su ant to said hear ing in the above-en ti tled mat ter at the time and place afore said, or at any ad - journed meet ing, the Com mis sion will en ter such or ders as it deems appropriate to protect the health, safety and wel fare of the pub lic and to pre vent the waste of oil and gas, ei ther or both, in the op er a tions of said field, and to carry out the pur - poses of the stat ute. In ac cor dance with Rule 509., any interested party desiring to pro - test the grant ing of the ap pli ca - tion or to in ter vene on the ap pli - ca tion should file with the Commission a written protest or in ter ven tion no later than Sep - tem ber 2, 2011, briefly stat ing the ba sis of the pro test or in ter ven - tion. Such in ter ested party shall, at the same time, serve a copy of the pro test or in ter ven tion to the per - son fil ing the ap pli ca tion. An orig i - nal and 13 cop ies shall be filed with the Commission. Any one who files a pro test or in ter ven tion must be able to par tic i pate in a prehearing con fer ence dur ing the week of Sep tem ber 2, IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF COLORADO Oil and Gas Con ser va tion Com mis - sion of the State of Col o rado By Rob ert A. Wil lis, En force ment Officer Dated at Suite Lin coln Street Denver, Colorado Au gust 23, 2011 Western Operating Address of Re - cord: Western Operating Company th Street, Suite 1680 Den ver, CO Published September 9, 2011 In the Ki owa County Press 14 KiowaCountyPress.com September 9, 2011

15 Big Game Com mon Vi o la tions By Joe Lewandowski Com mon hunt ing vi o la - tions can be costly. Ev ery hunt ing sea son, of fi cers for Col o rado Parks and Wild life hand out thou - sands of tick ets for vi o la - tions that cost hunt ers CLASSIFIED ADVERTISERS The Press can be re spon si ble for only one incorrect insertion. Clas si fied dead line is 4:00 p.m. Tuesdays. FOR SALE - HOMES 1000 Kerr Street - Eads, CO, 4 bed room, 2 bath, car port and ga - rage on a cor ner lot. For more in - formation please call HELP WANTED Need Weld ers and Shop hands at JR Oil field Ser vice, lo cated at 880 W US Hwy 40 in Chey enne Wells Colorado. Experience is help ful but not re quired. Please stop by and pick up an ap pli ca - tion or make a re quest via to kpevler@ecws1.com. Any ques tions please call Lit tle Sprouts Childcare Cen ter is accepting applications for a full time teacher. Ap ply in per son at 1309 Maine, Eads, or call Yonda for more information at Po si tion open un - til filled. Ki owa County is an EOE. Weisbrod Memorial Hospital is accepting applications for a full time or part time Di etary Aide. Great Ben e fits. For fur ther in for - mation, contact Human Re - sources at Kiowa County Commissioner s Of fice has a full time job open ing for the Pub lic Health Ad min is tra - tor position. Applicants must have ex ten sive skills con cern ing public relations, health re - sources, administration, ac - counting and computer. Applica - tions and job de scrip tion can be picked up at the Ki owa County Commissioner s office, Eads Court house, 1305 Goff Street, PO Box 100, Eads, Col o rado 81036, Ap pli ca tions must be re turned no later than 4:00 on Fri day, Sep tem ber 16, We re serve the right to re - ject any and all ap pli ca tions. EOE. hun dreds of thousands of dollars. While some of those tick ets are for fla grant vi - olations of wildlife regula - tions and hunt ing laws, many more are for mi nor vi o la tions that could have Classifieds HELP WANTED Look ing for a change in a tight knit fam ily friendly com mu nity? WSi Healthcare can make that transition possible. We are cur - rently seek ing a Home Health RN for a full-time per ma nent po si tion in Southeast Colorado. Must have BCLS, 1 year home health and OASIS train ing. Please call Jade at (719) or re sume to JadeM@wsijobs.com MISC I have CRP Buy ers and need list - ings. Rich ard Grant ham Re alty, Ordway, CO SERVICES - AG Seed Wheat Clean ing Ser vice at Chey enne Feed & Sup ply, 2 Length Grad ers to take out Joint Grass & 3 New Screens to take out 95% or more of bind weed ber ries. Call Stacy to day for your seed clean ing AUCTION SEPT. 13, 12 NOON LAMAR, CO 12 X60 MOBILE HOME 2 BR, 1 1/4 BATH SEE FULL AD & INFO IN The Tri-State Exchange OR CALL CIVIS & CO Eads C-Store appt. been avoided. Hunt ers are re minded that not only can they be fined for vi o la tions, they can also lose their hunt ing priv i - leges in Col o rado and the 34 other states that co op - er a tively par tic i pate in a wildlife compact agreement. Rick Basagoitia, area wild life man ager for the San Luis Val ley, ex plained that hunt ers need to set aside some time to re view the Col o rado Big Game Bro chure. The bro chure ex plains many of the com - mon vi o la tions and how to avoid them. Hunt ers must know their responsibilities when they get into the field, Basagoitia said. Wild life laws are writ ten to pro tect a valu able re - source and for safety. Fol low ing are some of the more common violations that oc cur every year: Not wear ing flu o res - cent or ange: You must wear at least 500 inches of day light flu o res cent or - ange, plus a head cov er - ing of the same color. Cam ou flage or ange or mesh or ange do not qualify. Car ry ing loaded fire - arms in or on ve hi cles: Ri - fles must not have am mu - ni tion in the cham ber while in or on any mo tor ve hi cles. For those rid ing ATVs, weap ons (ri fles and bows) must also be in a closed case and fully un - loaded (cham ber and mag a zine). Most ac ci - dents in volv ing fire arms oc cur in or near vehicles. Shoot ing from a road: Be fore fir ing a shot, you Eads Consumers Supply We have: Propane - Batteries (Marine/Car) - Tires & Tubes - Oil - Feed - Bulk Fuel We can: Fix truck tires Service jobs - Brakes - On-the-road tire repair Country C-Store Hot Dogs - Sandwiches - Pizza Oven - Ice Cream - Chips & Snacks - Candy - Dining Area Pop 6-12 oz. cans - $ oz. bottles - $3.49 must be at least 50 feet off of a des ig nated state or county road, and just off for est ser vice or BLM roads. Li cense not voided: Af - ter you kill an an i mal, you must void the li cense im - me di ately. Im prop erly at tached car cass tag: The car cass tag must be at tached to the an i mal. The best way is to cut a hole in the hide and at tach with a tie. It is OK to wait un til you get back to camp or to your ve hi cle to at tach the car - cass tag. No ev i dence of sex: Be sure to leave ev i dence of sex nat u rally at tached to the car cass. Ev i dence in - cludes the head, the ovum or the scrotum. Waste of game meat: Big game meat can be gin to spoil at 38 de grees. To keep the car cass cool, re - move the hide as soon as pos si ble af ter the kill to al low for air to cir cu late around the meat. Re duce the mass of the car cass by quar ter ing the meat or bon ing out the meat. Place the meat in a cooler as soon as pos si ble. Even in cold weather, a car cass should not hang out side for more than 36 hours. Re mem ber: Be cause game meat con tains very lit tle fat, it can not be aged like beef. The so-called gamey taste is caused by spoil age, not be cause the an i mal is wild. To learn how to field dress a big game an i mal, see the video at: smedia/videos. Shoot ing a spike-ant - lered elk: Hunt ers who hold a cow elk tag some - times shoot spike bulls. Be sure of your tar get. If you are shoot ing at a long dis tance or in low light con di tions, it can be dif fi - cult to see spike ant lers. If you are not ab so lutely sure, do not shoot. Il le gally tag ging an an i - mal: You can only place a tag on an an i mal that you shot. You can not trade tags with other li cense hold ers, or use tags of other li cense holders. NATIONAL FARMERS UNION INSURANCE COMPANIES Your National Farmers Union Insurance Agent In Kiowa County Melinda J. Kelley P.O. Box South Main Street Lamar, Colorado (719) or Kiowa County Hospital District Weisbrod Memorial Hospital P.O. Box Eads, CO Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. & 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Our Medical Staff: Eads Medical Clinic David Meadows, MD Erin Hieb-Morgan, FNPC Wiley Medical Clinic Sherryl Tomboulian, MD Mike Manley, PA-C For appointments call Eads - (719) Wiley - (719) September 9, 2011 KiowaCountyPress.com 15

16 Goerge Ellicott and Jeanne Sorensen sent in these pho tos of a microburst that took the roof off this barn near the fair grounds. The roof landed in pieces across the fair - ground fence and on the in field. The Ki owa County Fair Queen is Jeni Weber. Jeni is the grand daugh ter of Eunice Weber. The Jr. Prin cess is Lauren Brown. Lauren is the daugh ter of Jimmy and Amanda Brown. These young la dies will be crowned this Sat ur day dur ing the ro deo. (Darci John son Photo) BS & J Photography We offer an array of services for your everyday photography needs: ~Photographic Services: Weddings, Senior Pictures, Family Portraits, Baby/Child Portraits, Event Photography, Sports Photography ~We also sell photographs from public events in various sizes ~We offer prints on paper, canvas, & gift prints...just ask us! ~Reasonable prices & payment plans available Bobbi Scott bs.jphoto@yahoo.com Kiowa County Fair photos from 2009, 2010, & 2011 available for sale 16 KiowaCountyPress.com September 9, 2011 Your Photographer for Everyday Jack Wil son pres ents Taite John son with the Kenney Wil son Me mo rial buckle at the Kit Car son Day Ro deo this past Sat ur day. Taite won all around cow boy for the tiny tot age di vi sion, he is a 2nd grader at Eads El e - men tary and is the son of Nick and Darci John son. KIOWA CREEK ESTATES (south of Eads, CO) Living Under the Stars Lots from.5 acres Starting at $6000